President William Ruto’s economic adviser David Ndii sends a message to the Kenya Kwanza administration: “What are the people telling us? They are telling us that we cannot be demanding sacrifice that we are not making ourselves. It is not what we are saying about debt, taxes, and austerity, it is what we are wearing when we are saying it. It is the language that the monster SUVs, the helicopters, the gunny bags of Harambee cash, the nouveau riche mansions, that is speaking—all the ammunition that has been used against us, we have supplied ourselves.”